That is why they never happen at lunch or during passing periods at least for me over here. If it takes too long to evacuate everybody you would have kids scarfing down their lunch. Its very critical especially at the elementary school level to eat a good lunch. Also if they gave the students that were in lunch during the drill more time it would push everything back and result in less instructional time for teachers.
While it is a good idea in theory, it messes the whole school schedule up. In elementary and middle school for me, the only time there was an alarm during lunch was when someone pulled it. In high school, we joked that the culinary program burned something. :lol:
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fire alarms do occur during my high school lunch hours (4th through 6th period) but similarly not in the form of drills